The Hidden Universe Revealed
- đ¤ Speaker: Prof Robert C. Kennicutt, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge đ Website
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 20 January 2015, 19:30 - 20:30
- đ Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry
Abstract
Half of the starlight in the Universe is hidden from visible telescopes, having been quenched by fine clouds of dust particles in interstellar space. This missing energy reappears in the infrared and terahertz regions of the spectrum, and can only be studied fully from spaceborne observatories. Now thanks to a series of international space observatories this hidden Universe has been fully revealed. The observations reveal new classes of objects and phenomena, including the discovery of the most luminous and active star-forming galaxies in the Universe. These objects provide glimpses into the early history of galaxies like our own, and new insights into the star and galaxy formation processes that shaped the Hubble sequence.
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Prof Robert C. Kennicutt, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge 
Tuesday 20 January 2015, 19:30-20:30